A London-based producer who has collaborated with the likes of
Massive Attack,
Tricky,
Björk, and
Soul II Soul,
Anthony Alexander Campbell is better known to music fans by his moniker
Dobie. He began his career in 1989, working on NSO Force Organization tracks for the genre-spanning label Vinyl Solution. Equally aware and in love with both hip-hop and underground dance music,
Dobie was a natural for the
Soul II Soul organization, who's co-leader
Jazzie B recruited the young beatmaker to scratch and produce tracks for the group's 1989 debut,
Club Classics, Vol. 1. Through
Soul II Soul,
Dobie met fellow producer
Howie B., and joined his project
Nomad Soul, who signed with Island in 1991. In 1995, he would launch his solo career with The Dobie EP on
Howie B.'s Pussyfoot record label. The EP featured frequent collaborator
Rodney P., and was followed in 1998 by the debut album The Sound of One Hand Clapping. After Pussyfoot closed its doors, the BBE label would reissue a remixed edition of the album, dubbed The Sound of One Hand Clapping Version 2.5, in 2005. The Big Dada label issued his official sophomore effort,
We Will Not Harm You, in 2013. ~ David Jeffries